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Figgy1
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I am weird with chocolate, although not as bad as when I was a kid. Never liked chocolate ice cream. Now I can tolerate it but wouldn’t get it on purpose. Chocolate pudding? Sure! Especially blended with whipped cream to make mousse. Choc chip cookies? Yep. Choc cookies? Meh.
We almost always had only vanilla in the house. I’d add either fudge, syrup, or honey to it sometimes. Hated when mom bought Neapolitan! Don’t get a drop of chocolate in my vanilla lol - or those red bits from the strawberry.
Now…banana fudge ice cream is
I don't remember much ice cream in my house when I was a kid. I do however remember many trips to
https://applegatefarm.com/ @Tony the Tigger did you ever get up that way?
Figgy1
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Are you worried about getting crowded out?
Goofyernmost
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The only major memory of any form of Ice Cream were two fold. First I remember one day when my grandparents decided to make Ice Cream the old fashioned way. About every other Sunday they had the whole family there for some type of dinner. That was all six of their grown children with their spouses and children. Funny thing though is that I have no memory of whether or not I liked it. All I remember is sitting on the steps of the back shed watching them take turns hand cranking the freezer.
My second strongest one was in the summer almost every night we would go for a ride around an area that stuck out into the bay on Lake Champlain. On the way was a huge paper mill and across the road was an old shed, literally falling down and only about 8' wide and 6' deep with a service window only, occupied by an equally old man that sold Frozen Custard from it. We would stop and buy four chocolate ones and off we would head to watch the boats and drive around the peninsula and then back home. That frozen custard was the best form of Ice Cream I ever ate and when we moved to Vermont in spite of the fact that they had multitudes of soft ice cream (creemees) it wasn't the same. About 6 years ago I went with my Daughter, son in law and grandson to a Durham Bulls game in Durham, NC and they had a stand that sold Frozen Custard that tasted as good as what I remembered. It only took about 54 years between ambrosia fixes. Unfortunately, the game was torrentially rained out by the third inning and I haven't ventured back there since then even though it's only 14 miles away.
There was also a place just a quarter mile from our house called the Frosty Dairy Bar, spent a lot of happy childhood moments at that place as well.
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Goofyernmost
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Yea, I kinda do. I have that evil streak in me.You laugh
MinnieM123
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Actually, many houses still do not have central A/C up here. For some, it's the old Yankee frugality -- summer is 3 months, so many people either use window units (which are removed at the end of summer), or some people use ceiling and other fans. Fans don't do it for me as I like it cold as a meat locker, but I do have a few window units that we use. Our winter heating bills are fairly low, so I can easily justify higher electric bills for the window units A/C in the summer. (Even so, some days I don't need to run them -- just depends mostly on the humidity.)
wdwfan4ver
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Raccoons are not supposed to make a mess with paint in a garage either
. I saw a commercial during the Indy 500 and it had a garage door opening. The owner of the car saw 2 racoons inside and made a mess with paint including paint on themselves also.
MinnieM123
Premium Member
Just a programming fyi only:
If anyone enjoys watching the yearly Memorial Day concert from D.C., it's on PBS tonight (Sunday) at 8 PM (Eastern), for 90 minutes. I haven't seen it every year, but it's usually a good show. (Just happened to see an ad for it a few minutes ago.)
If anyone enjoys watching the yearly Memorial Day concert from D.C., it's on PBS tonight (Sunday) at 8 PM (Eastern), for 90 minutes. I haven't seen it every year, but it's usually a good show. (Just happened to see an ad for it a few minutes ago.)
Concert Highlights | National Memorial Day Concert | PBS
Learn more about the featured stories, tributes, and performances on this year's National Memorial Day Concert.
www.pbs.org
donaldtoo
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It's 47 outside now, and was just as nice this morning, too. I LOVE this COOL weather -- excellent sleeping weather, as well.
Hiked through a section of woods I hadn't been in before, this morning. It was cool and windy with light rain, and since I had on my waterproof hiking boots, I could splash through big puddles on the dirt trail. It was fun!!!(I was the only one out there . . . zero cars, except for mine, parked in the parking lot for the trailhead.
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47 towards the end of May...?! WOOF...!!!!!
Current temp...
donaldtoo
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As a follow-up...
We still haven’t eaten at a restaurant since the damn-demic began, but, at Catfish Parlour the delicious hush puppies and the Caesar salad bar are complimentary to the point that we’ve sometimes taken’ about one bite of our actual meals before we asked for to-go containers...!!!!!
Figgy1
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Tony the Tigger
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Doesn’t look familiar.
Figgy1
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Next time you're up north you have to stop at Applegate's in Upper Montclair
MySmallWorldof4
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I read all the books as a kid. Still have them. My two younger girls and I read half the series this school year. Started in January. They loved them. It was the last thing we would do in a school day. We were about to start Little Town on the Prairie but they wanted to save it for the new school year. I think they didn’t want to finish the series too quickly. My oldest has read the series a few times as I had. I do think the second book is better than the first. Maybe give your niece the second book?
MySmallWorldof4
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In Southern PA we say grilling also. In NY I called it barbecuing.
MySmallWorldof4
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Glad to hear all are OK...!!!
I’ve been on that coaster (Poltergeist) over 2 dozen times over the years. I’ve posted before that I call it a pile of spaghetti ‘cause of the way it looks, and the Poltergeist moniker comes from the sound it makes as it runs...just eerie.
One of the best coasters I’ve ever been on...!!!!!!!
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Where’d they get stuck. Looks like after the first hill it just continues via momentum.
ajrwdwgirl
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I bought the whole series for her when she was a fourth grader. Last time I was in her room they weren’t on her shelf anymore. She does like the Disney books I’ve gotten her by Jim Korkis. So that’s a plus.
MySmallWorldof4
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My kids made the maple syrup candy. They got snow and poured maple syrup on it. I think they are great to read for historical purposes. It describes so well how people lived in the 1800’s so we discussed differences and how people had to make their own clothes, grow vegetables, hunt animals for meat, store food for winter, etc. Great lessons in those stories.We didn't have many channels as a kids so watching the show was just something we did as a family, but it wasn't my favorite. The first few books of the series I enjoyed. I think I liked the first book was the best because it was set in my area and we read it in 4th grade as part of our Wisconsin history unit. At one point in the book they have "ice cream" which was snow with maple syrup and for our 4th grade unit we made ice cream and put maple syrup on it after reading the book so I think that is why that book stand out to me as good...because of the ice cream!
MySmallWorldof4
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Dh took me there when we were dating.Next time you're up north you have to stop at Applegate's in Upper Montclair
MySmallWorldof4
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Maybe she needed someone to read with her. Sometimes we will sit and just read out loud. Then we can talk about it as we read.